Chapter 3578: All Completed

Ye Liuyun had already decided: since Li Qianjiao signed a contract with him, he obviously cannot harm her any more. The remaining possibility is that Chéngyuán Shānghuì has some scheme.

But considering that Chéngyuán Shānghuì helped him get in touch with Song Qing, he does not intend to expose it. After all, he was the one who acted against Chéngyuán Shānghuì first.

"It won't happen; I won't hurt any of you!" Li Qianjiao said immediately.

Ye Liuyun merely nodded, gave no further reply, and began circulating the Divine Core within his body, focusing on cultivation.

When Li Qianjiao saw Ye Liuyun start cultivating, she no longer disturbed him.

"So she had already seen that I have some ulterior motive, but I don't know whether he guessed my real purpose... probably not, otherwise Tang Xinyao wouldn't keep testing me... But what should I do? If I truly become his woman later, would I have to hide it from him?"

Li Qianjiao's mind began to wander again, unable to decide when to lay her cards on the table with Ye Liuyun.

In the end, unable to figure it out, she simply gave up thinking and comforted herself: "Let nature take its course; we'll deal with it later! Anyway we can't speak now—if he rejects me on the spot, that would be too awkward!"

Ye Liuyun didn't press her further, feeling that he would find out sooner or later.

The next few minor missions were completed by Ye Liuyun and his group with great ease. They treated those Demon Cultivators as mere practice targets.

The mercenaries' earnings were also substantial; with these resources, the next stage of cultivation would be unproblematic, and their strength could improve further when undertaking missions.

After Ye Liuyun and his party eradicated the last Demon Cultivator bandit group, Cheng Huofeng reminded Ye Liuyun: "Let's wait a few days before returning. If we finish the mission too quickly, the Royal Mansion will think we took it lightly, and the next bounty will be reduced."

"Indeed, someone like Song Qing can easily pull off such a thing!" Xu Rong confirmed.

Ye Liuyun immediately agreed: "Alright, we'll stay here for now. Xu Rong, take a few mercenaries to the nearby mission posting points and see if there are suitable tasks. Since we're here, we can't idle; we might as well take on some missions!"

However, in such a small area, missions suitable for their large mercenary corps are hard to come by. After Xu Rong circled around, he still found none suitable.

"Then split the mercenary corps into smaller units and take on more missions. Also find me an expedition task nearby," he said. With no other option, Ye Liuyun split the corps and arranged a meeting time here.

Those who can't return on time will have to figure out a way back to Royal City on their own.

When Xu Rong assigned the tasks, he allocated enough personnel, so no team should be completely wiped out.

Ye Liuyun himself led a Monster Beast and the women to rush toward a place called Duan Tian Cliff for an expedition. It is said that a passage there connects to a cave left by a Cave Heaven Realm strongman.

Their assignment was simple: locate the entrance to that Cave Heaven World, then investigate whether it is safe inside and whether a person can get out after entering.

Ye Liuyun was also very curious about what a Cave Heaven Realm strongman's Cave Heaven World looks like, so he simply chose this task.

Li Qianjiao preemptively warned Ye Liuyun: "I've heard senior members of my clan say that exploring a Cave Heaven World is actually very dangerous. Some Cave Heaven Realm strongmen deliberately set traps in their Cave Heaven Worlds."

In some Cave Heaven Worlds, the strongman's lingering soul remains; even if a person dies, he can still command everything there—just like when we control our own Space World.

Only if you are confident you can blast through the barriers of his Cave Heaven World can you be relatively safe; otherwise, no one should rashly enter another's Cave Heaven World!

Even some strongmen have found themselves unable to leave. Resources inside another's Cave Heaven World aren't easy to obtain.

"In that case, we really must be more cautious!" Ye Liuyun said, becoming much more prudent.

No

But he also had a way; he took on a task to suppress bandits, casually captured more than ten prisoners, intending to use them as cannon fodder.

"Using cannon fodder to scout isn't very useful. When you enter someone else's Space World, when they decide to kill you is entirely up to them," Li Qianjiao shook her head, thinking his method wouldn't work.

She was worried that Ye Liuyun would rashly plunge in and never be able to get out.

"Haha, who says I have to go in? I can let them go in to see the situation. Since you say it's dangerous, I naturally won't take the risk," Ye Liuyun said, comforting Li Qianjiao.

"Alright, I hope you won't be tempted later!"

Li Qianjiao couldn't argue with her, so she could only follow them to undertake the mission.

The bandits Ye Liuyun had captured were quite familiar with the area and quickly reached Duan Tianya. Actually some of the bandits roughly knew the entrance's location, but according to them, any Martial Cultivator who entered that Secret Realm never came out.

"Not a single one returned? That's truly odd," Ye Liuyun thought. Other mercenary groups, knowing the danger, wouldn't send everyone in at once, so how could none come back?

Therefore, while on the road, Ye Liuyun released Qiong Qi early, letting him watch out for any Formation.

Just before they entered the bottom of Duan Tianya Valley, Qiong Qi detected a Formation, causing everyone to halt.

"Is the level of the array high?" Ye Liuyun wondered, still concerned that the Formation set by the Cave Heaven Realm strongman might be beyond Qiong Qi's ability to break.

"This Illusion Array is indeed powerful, but saying its Dao level is high is far from the truth. He likely placed it near the front, making it hard to notice; most people simply fall into his path."

"It seems the one who set the Formation enjoys trapping people; you shouldn't enter his Cave Heaven World lightly," Qiong Qi warned Ye Liuyun.

"Hmm, I won't force it!" Ye Liuyun told Qiong Qi, not lying; if it truly doesn't work, he'll let those cannon fodder conduct a simple reconnaissance.

But after Qiong Qi broke through the Formation, the scenery changed dramatically. The once towering Duan Tianya became a low cliff. The Cave Heaven World entrance on the cliff required no climbing; a single leap could spring you up.

"It looks just like a Secret Realm!" Ye Liuyun and the others, watching the entrance from outside, were all taken aback.

"So Duan Tianya was merely an illusion," the captives exclaimed together.

At that moment, Qiong Qi told Ye Liuyun: "Kid, I think this is a trap; someone deliberately posted a task to lure others into a Secret Realm, and this Secret Realm is likely controlled by someone, making it impossible to leave once inside."

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